Show us your best with an S90

[RobertZ]

Do it!

[aostling]

Here is an image to start the thread, taken from a distance of 200 feet. It is a digiscoping photo, taken with the S90 attached to the eyepiece of a spotting scope. The details of that can be found here: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=154061

This is a crop, about a quarter of the full frame. It shows a Neotropical Cormorant, an uncommon visitor to Phoenix. Shot in JPEG. I expect RAW would have regained some lost shadow detail.


http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u183/aostling/Double-crestedCormorant.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

on a gorillla-pod out the office window
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/4017588019_13b8967b86_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

shutter 1/4 hand-held
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4018351214_0b41a39485_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4017612311_b0054e7886_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4017600783_8a2d98cd0f_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4018371642_3af8386b39_b.jpg

[richierich1212]

^^

awesome pics!!

[ckfishel2001]

^^

awesome pics!!

thanks

[mcluckie]

Here is an image to start the thread, taken from a distance of 200 feet. It is a digiscoping photo, taken with the S90 attached to the eyepiece of a spotting scope. The details of that can be found here: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=154061

This is a crop, about a quarter of the full frame. It shows a Neotropical Cormorant, an uncommon visitor to Phoenix. Shot in JPEG. I expect RAW would have regained some lost shadow detail.
What a horrible picture. Is there no black anywhere? If this is the best of the S90, I'll keep my Leica D-Lux. Just because its a bid, does that mean that composition is out-the-window?

[Jon]

What a horrible picture. Is there no black anywhere? If this is the best of the S90, I'll keep my Leica D-Lux. Just because its a bid, does that mean that composition is out-the-window?

Does every photo need to have an absolute black? Note that that's 1/4 of the frame. And if you're photographing birds, one of the criteria is to get key identification points included, which he has. Also, he's pushing the camera to its limits by using it for digiscoping.

[aostling]

Also, he's pushing the camera to its limits by using it for digiscoping.

Thanks Jon, obviously McLuckie didn't appreciate the purpose of my post. His rudeness would be cause for his being banned from some forums.

The field of view corresponds to a 3750mm lens on a full-frame 35mm camera, and then cropped. I'm just beginning to use the S90 for digiscoping, and hope to get better images as experience builds. But I won't post those here.

I'll be taking the S90 on a tour of Belgium and Germany in January, when the days are short. I was going to take my LX3 too (for its wider angle) but have decided to go with the S90 only. I'll have some pure blacks in those photos, I predict.

[ckfishel2001]

Thanks Jon, obviously McLuckie didn't appreciate the purpose of my post. His rudeness would be cause for his being banned from some forums.

The field of view corresponds to a 3750mm lens on a full-frame 35mm camera, and then cropped. I'm just beginning to use the S90 for digiscoping, and hope to get better images as experience builds. But I won't post those here.

I'll be taking the S90 on a tour of Belgium and Germany in January, when the days are short. I was going to take my LX3 too (for its wider angle) but have decided to go with the S90 only. I'll have some pure blacks in those photos, I predict.


One of the pure joys of photography is the chance to be creative. I love that you took a point and shoot and used it with something else to make it more than it was by itself. I settle too often walking around with the camera and seeing something and shooting. Kudos for thinking and shooting out of the box:) Have a good trip and we'll look forward to seeing how you push this little gem even more.

[Jon]

My digiscoping adapter for my Alpen 20-80x80 (and the A630; I may try it with the SX1, too) is on it's way.

[JC4]

A couple snaps from our vacation. I mostly used my 5d2, but used the S90 a few times(hundreds :) ) for back-up pics.

These have been PP'd a bit in CS4, but not too much.

[ckfishel2001]

A couple snaps from our vacation. I mostly used my 5d2, but used the S90 a few times(hundreds :) ) for back-up pics.

These have been PP'd a bit in CS4, but not too much.

very nice!

[NLC76]

A couple snaps from our vacation. I mostly used my 5d2, but used the S90 a few times(hundreds :) ) for back-up pics.

These have been PP'd a bit in CS4, but not too much.

Yep, super nice ! I really could need one of those S90 for all those moments in life when the DSLRs are too bulky to bring. Or to expensive to loose ... :o

[sneakerpimp]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/4028044748_147a0d09aa_b.jpg

at the OC Auto Show, f/4.5, 1/20 sec., ISO 80, no flash, no pp.

[anorphirith]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/4028044748_147a0d09aa_b.jpg

at the OC Auto Show, f/4.5, 1/20 sec., ISO 80, no flash, no pp.

f/4.5, 1/20 sec., ISO 80 ??
is that is auto mode? this gotta be the wierdest settings ever

[sneakerpimp]

f/4.5, 1/20 sec., ISO 80 ??
is that is auto mode? this gotta be the wierdest settings ever

what is this auto mode you speak of?

i used Custom mode, set to ISO 80, no flash, and the camera did the rest.

[psinkant]

Not that great of a shot but this is what I've got so far from S90. The crop is 100% crop.

[David_S]

Hopefully I'll get some better but I've only had the s90 for a few days with limited time to shoot so this is the best for now. Just a snap on the way home Sunday. Processed from RAW in LR2
http://davidsprague.zenfolio.com/img/v8/p689409903.jpg

[anorphirith]

what is this auto mode you speak of?

i used Custom mode, set to ISO 80, no flash, and the camera did the rest.you should have shot at ISO 400 (indoors) f/2.0 and 1/125
use iso 80 for outdoors

[mizouse]

if he was using a tripod then its better to use a lower ISO for cleaner images.

[sneakerpimp]

i prefer less noise and sharper images, only going wide open and/or high ISO when necessary.

[anorphirith]

ok the result is nice nonetheless

[DR_K13]

I have only taken a few pictures with it and an airshow over the weekend. I brought the S90 to take some snaps of static displays.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4024507378_8592ee0998_o.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

I have only taken a few pictures with it and an airshow over the weekend. I brought the S90 to take some snaps of static displays.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4024507378_8592ee0998_o.jpg
cool

[skywalkerbeth]

Here are two...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4032913483_da73e7e311_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4032913239_e940c50cc0_b.jpg

[skywalkerbeth]

Here are two more...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4033665532_ec742694e5_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/4033665272_dc2d5aeb49_b.jpg

[Anke]

Here are two more...

They look great! :)

[ckfishel2001]

Here are two more...

all 4 are extremely nice

[jacobsen1]

some higher ISO shots from around the house and a wedding:
http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/gallery/s90/img_0107.jpg

http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/gallery/s90/img_0109.jpg

http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/gallery/s90/img_0126.jpg

http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/gallery/s90/img_0129.jpg

http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/wp-content/gallery/s90/img_0131.jpg

NO noise reduction at all except in camera (they're with the twilight/candlelight mode).

[jacobsen1]

few more:

http://www.benjacobsen.com/wp-content/gallery/ayers-gap/img_0056.jpg

http://www.benjacobsen.com/wp-content/gallery/ayers-gap/img_0023.jpg


http://www.benjacobsen.com/wp-content/gallery/eaj-83-week-update/img_0006.jpg

[wcameron]

Hey Ben. Great images. For the flowing water shots how did you get the slow shutter speed to capture the water movement? Did you use a neutral density or polarizing filter? Or was it just a dark enough scene to allow a slower shutter speed at low iso?

[mizouse]

for a small P&S these images are pretty darn good.

[ckfishel2001]

Hey Ben. Great images. For the flowing water shots how did you get the slow shutter speed to capture the water movement? Did you use a neutral density or polarizing filter? Or was it just a dark enough scene to allow a slower shutter speed at low iso?

how would you use a filter on a PS? You can get square filters though to hold over your lens? Has anyone done that with a PS?

[jacobsen1]

Hey Ben. Great images. For the flowing water shots how did you get the slow shutter speed to capture the water movement? Did you use a neutral density or polarizing filter? Or was it just a dark enough scene to allow a slower shutter speed at low iso?

tripod, ISO80 and stop it down. In the woods at twilight, there's not much light. ;)

how would you use a filter on a PS? You can get square filters though to hold over your lens? Has anyone done that with a PS?

you easily could. Round or square, doesn't really matter, just hold it up to the front of the lens gently so you don't scratch the FILTER (the lens is recessed). There are no threads on the s90 though (you can get them with an accessory tube on the G series).

[anorphirith]

@jacobsen1
where did you find these flowers !! this shot is amazing

[wcameron]

I'm keen to experiment with trying to get shutter speeds down to 1/4 sec or so for flowing water. I'm hoping to use my Cokin holder in front of the lens to achieve this. Anybody test whether the AF will work with a polarizer and 2 stop ND filter in front of the lens?

[jacobsen1]

@jacobsen1
where did you find these flowers !! this shot is amazing

:lol:

some kid (~15 years old) has a garden in her parents back yard and does a roadside stand all summer/fall. we were going to a friends house who had JUST told us they're pregnant so we got her flowers instead of a bottle of wine (we were going over for dinner). :)

[DDWD10]

I tried out the S90 at Best Buy today and frankly, was smitten. The design was just spot-on with a sturdy, sleek metal case and the very positive-feeling dial control. The pop-up flash motors up and down silently. The screen was bright and sharp and everything worked with precision.

I'd sell my trusty SD1000 and get one in a heartbeat, except for the fact that I'll soon be laying down $1700 for a new 27" iMac. I won't have any money left :P

[anorphirith]

:lol:

some kid (~15 years old) has a garden in her parents back yard and does a roadside stand all summer/fall. we were going to a friends house who had JUST told us they're pregnant so we got her flowers instead of a bottle of wine (we were going over for dinner). :)

well this kid should open a shop !

[ckfishel2001]

tripod, ISO80 and stop it down. In the woods at twilight, there's not much light. ;)



you easily could. Round or square, doesn't really matter, just hold it up to the front of the lens gently so you don't scratch the FILTER (the lens is recessed). There are no threads on the s90 though (you can get them with an accessory tube on the G series).

cool....always learning:)

[skywalkerbeth]

They look great! :)

Thank you very much! I just figured out how to post larger shots (the ones I posted were tiny/embedded) so it might be worth a look again to see if you still like them...

[skywalkerbeth]

:lol:

some kid (~15 years old) has a garden in her parents back yard and does a roadside stand all summer/fall. we were going to a friends house who had JUST told us they're pregnant so we got her flowers instead of a bottle of wine (we were going over for dinner). :)

Ben, very creamy background. How did you do it? (flowers...)

[skywalkerbeth]

More... I'm taking back my initial "I can't get decent photos out of this camera". Now that I've seen them on the big screen, there are some keepers.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2776/4039745136_2371d60952_b.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/4040706072_cfe4670868_b.jpg

[Markpotn]

Exactly. Like rock climbing. Yep, super nice ! I really could need one of those S90 for all those moments in life when the DSLRs are too bulky to bring. Or to expensive to loose ... :o

Very nice pictures John. Just the type I would like to have the S90 for. I use my S3 for general vacation & all types of hiking now, but would get an "S6" (continuation of an old related line like the S90 picking up where the S80 left off) with an S90 sensor if it was made available.

[Markpotn]

Well said.what is this auto mode you speak of?

[Markpotn]

Ben, The water flow in the second one is an amazing catch. The flow direction and pattern of leaves it makes gives the picture an 'ordered' feel in the middle of a purely natural shot.
I will repeat what someone else asked, What did you do to get the look in the background of the flower shot? That daisy(?) in particular has an other worldly look.

I apologize top others with great pictures, I can only see a few from certain hosting sites due to web filters.

[RobertZ]

I think ben could post in the Polaroid thread and make instant photos look good. Great stuff. I'm sure we'll find out later that all the images were actually shot with a Nikon D3 ;)

[Gary W. Graley]

Here are a couple, just got the camera;

Shot taken of this pup waiting outside of a Bob Evan's in Painted Post NY, waiting on his master to finish eating, ISO 80

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/GaryWGraley/S90/Misc/waiting.jpg

And a quicky portrait shot taken today of my wife's nephew and his girlfriend, ISO 400

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/GaryWGraley/S90/Misc/josh2.jpg

and another taken while they were not aware, candid type, which does get you some nice shots sometimes ;) ISO 200, also on this I used the face recognition mode whiched worked very well

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/GaryWGraley/S90/Misc/caitlin_grandpa.jpg

A keeper camera for those times you don't want to, or possibly can't, carry the bigger gear about,
G2

[DR_K13]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/4036429734_d9323cab0d_o.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2489/4036429734_d9323cab0d_o.jpg
awesome!! the shot, and the plane

[Dick Emery]

Just got mine.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/4073115518_90383c7112_o.jpg

[coachman]

Was following this thread carefully before I finally plucked up the courage (and money) to buy mine. I haven't had much of a chance to play with it yet but I've been taking it to work where I just had to try and take this sunset from the roof:

http://www.coachman.plus.com/forum/EdinburghSunset.jpg

Not bad for ISO400 I don't think. Heading on vacation next week so hoping to play a lot more.

[dave_bass5]

Not taken too many so far but this is one of my favourites.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2761/4037535235_485f1211c2_o.jpg

[skywalkerbeth]

Not taken too many so far but this is one of my favourites.




LOVE IT!

[dave_bass5]

LOVE IT!

Thanks Beth. I loved you shot with the statues. Very sharp and well exposed.
Thats the Prudential building in Holborn isn't?

[Dick Emery]

Excuse my processing.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2752/4084981050_3124da66c5_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3535/4084057991_217964af51_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4084057399_7ff7f7c2d8_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2502/4084814948_3e8434dd44_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4084213176_78deb39bfe_o.jpg

[dave_bass5]

wow, that firework shot is amazing. Well captured.

[cmurman]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2781/4018371642_3af8386b39_b.jpg

Nice shots! Very good.

[ckfishel2001]

Nice shots! Very good.


Thank you very much

[lawry]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2525/4013292175_31457a4275_o.jpg


http://i37.tinypic.com/ixcq4j.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/3625155506_3702ba9f59_o.jpg

[JC4]

Finally going through more of our vacation photos, and found this one.

ISO 800, 6mm, f/4.5, 1/13, handheld. A little PP and cropping

edit: Added a second. ISO 800, 12.8mm, f/4.5, 1/40th. A lot of detail in this one though, so jpg compression started to eat away at it a bit.

[Dick Emery]

Nice.

[mrknowitall]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4080102668_0f9b80b83e_b.jpg

[mrknowitall]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2729/4079350379_226c926d9a_b.jpg

[mrknowitall]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4030847343_18715db35f_b.jpg

To give you an idea of how terrible the light was:

Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 1600

[michael.luczkow]

great low light example!

[mrknowitall]

thanks...

[mickeyjuice]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4030847343_18715db35f_b.jpg

To give you an idea of how terrible the light was:

Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 1600

Awesome stuff. (BTW, the guitarist is using a Parker Fly, the best guitar ever made :-)

[dave_bass5]

thanks...

Yeah, very good shot. Thanks for posting.
Im hoping to do some gig shots with mine at some point.

The Bass looks like some sort of Lakland but i cant see it too clearly.

[mrknowitall]

Awesome stuff. (BTW, the guitarist is using a Parker Fly, the best guitar ever made :-)

He played it the whole show. It was amazing to see a legend like Adrian Belew in a tiny club that was so un-crowded I could observe from wherever I liked.

[mickeyjuice]

He played it the whole show. It was amazing to see a legend like Adrian Belew in a tiny club that was so un-crowded I could observe from wherever I liked.

I thought that's who it was, but I wasn't sure. Amazing shot, love it.

He's been playng a Fly for years. Great guitar, just ridiculously light and a stunning piece of engineering. I love mine.

Thanks again for the shot, showing what this camera can do.

[Dan GSR]

i am really surprised at the high iso performance

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0073med.jpg

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0098med.jpg

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0101med.jpg

[mrknowitall]

nice shots!

[Gary W. Graley]

Nice one Dan, what were the details on the shots? ISO and speed?
G2

[michael.luczkow]

Hawaii

[Dan GSR]

Nice one Dan, what were the details on the shots? ISO and speed?
G2

1st shot is iso 800, 2nd and 3rd are iso 1600
all shot at 1/100 f/2.0

[mickeyjuice]

Nice one Dan, what were the details on the shots? ISO and speed?
G2

The FxIF extension for Firefox gives you the EXIF in the properties of the shot as long as it hasn't been stripped. (This hadn't so it's all there.)

Very useful.

[Erik_L]

i am really surprised at the high iso performance

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0073med.jpg

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0098med.jpg

http://dangsr.com/images/bboy/massacre/IMG_0101med.jpg

What the hell dan, you're in here too? and with an S90? I thought you were shooting those with your 1D MK II.

[Gary W. Graley]

The FxIF extension for Firefox gives you the EXIF in the properties of the shot as long as it hasn't been stripped. (This hadn't so it's all there.)

Very useful.

I've heard other folks say things like this but when I do a right click on it
and look at properties, it's just the bare min of info, but then, I have
Internet explorer and not firefox, maybe I have to save it first???

Nice Dan, that is pretty good with the S90, love the little camera so far too!
G2

[Erik_L]

some people "save for web" and strip all but the most basic info from the EXIF. They may not do it intentionally, but they do. I always try to keep my EXIF in tact as it is useful for "troubleshooting" some of my pictures.

[Dan GSR]

What the hell dan, you're in here too?

?? who's this?

[ckfishel2001]

Flower power
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2590/4112713288_bb29e39266_b.jpg

[RobertZ]

My S90's big brother. I love the IS on this thing. This was shot at 1/10 shutter.

http://i34.tinypic.com/zwmfjk.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

My S90's big brother. I love the IS on this thing. This was shot at 1/10 shutter.

http://i34.tinypic.com/zwmfjk.jpg

I want what is attached to your big brother's body:p

[jacobsen1]

Ben, The water flow in the second one is an amazing catch. The flow direction and pattern of leaves it makes gives the picture an 'ordered' feel in the middle of a purely natural shot.
I will repeat what someone else asked, What did you do to get the look in the background of the flower shot? That daisy(?) in particular has an other worldly look.


f/2 and get it as close as possible. So macro focusing mode.

I think ben could post in the Polaroid thread and make instant photos look good. Great stuff. I'm sure we'll find out later that all the images were actually shot with a Nikon D3 ;)

:lol: thanks! But I use a D700... ;)

[bilposter]

It does HDR too! This was three exposures handheld

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/bilposter/LoudBandstand.jpg

Fill flash works well also

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/bilposter/PampasSun.jpg

[MtClimber]

two very impressive images, bilposter-

The HDR was excellent and the fill flash sunset was unique. Thanks for posting.

Sarah Joyce

[RobertZ]

Awesome shots.

[cwarburton]

bilposter - Great shots! Care to share you hdr method?

[bilposter]

Sure!.. ISO 80,AV set at F/3.5. Auto bracketing,0,-2,+2 shot in RAW. Three RAW exposures straight into Photomatix and then the fun begins! I tend to use low strength tonemapping around 40ish and work with the other settings to try and get some realism. save as 16bit Tiff and then finish off with some curves maybe selective colours and USM in CS3.

[Dick Emery]

Protip: (LOL who am I kidding?)

Don't export to web in Photoshop. Set to 16bit in the Adjustments menu which will allow you to 'Save as' to JPG with EXIF intact (Normally you don't get JPG as an option when using 'Save as' editing RAW, DNG. TIFF etc if they are 24/32bit).

Hope this helps.

[brownmichael]

Love your HDR shots, bilposter! I've been looking for an HDR program and Photomatix sounds like a good one. It's great that it already accepts RAW files from the S90!!

I went to the website for hdrsoft.com and checked the compatibility list. The G11 is listed, but not the S90. This would appear to indicate that G11 compatibility = S90 compatibility. I assume that this would hold true for other software as well. Might make it easier for us to search out compatible image processing programs.

Anybody disagree?

Mike Brown
Vancouver, WA
5D, 40D, 350D, A720, S90

[Dick Emery]

Each RAW CR2 for each camera has it's own settings. I would guess that the G11 and S90 are slightly different because of their various lens characteristics. So I would not be 100% sure they are the same. That being said I have imported into Photomatix no problem. It won't correct the barrel distortion or discoloration though AFAIK. My advice would be to either wait until ACR 5.6 and Lightroom 2.6 are out (Or use the pre-release versions) then export the shots to TIFF and import into Photomatix in order to address those issues.

[mickeyjuice]

Love your HDR shots, bilposter! I've been looking for an HDR program and Photomatix sounds like a good one. It's great that it already accepts RAW files from the S90!!

I went to the website for hdrsoft.com and checked the compatibility list. The G11 is listed, but not the S90. This would appear to indicate that G11 compatibility = S90 compatibility. I assume that this would hold true for other software as well. Might make it easier for us to search out compatible image processing programs.

Anybody disagree?


Certainly. Assuming anything is dangerous, but doubly so with software from different manufacturers.

[ckfishel2001]

iso 3200!!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/4127188066_3333fa9a31_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4127185812_b3c2c64d0d_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

Braggin on my kid. Had a 3 hour 'daddy date' and we spent it with hair nets filling bags of rice for extremely poor sections of Guatamala!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4126412961_b540cf7455_b.jpg

[scis30]

looking at this thread makes me want one so bad, I'm gonna try to trade the XSI or sell it and buy one. I def love the size of it

[ckfishel2001]

looking at this thread makes me want one so bad, I'm gonna try to trade the XSI or sell it and buy one. I def love the size of it

ability to keep in in your pocket is just SO awesome. I even have a very small case and it still fits in the pocket no too badly. without the case, fits pretty much like a tin of Altoids or something along that lines.

[ckfishel2001]

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=779051

[scubasushi]

S90 underwater :

http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/data/500/exIMG_0100.jpg

[Dick Emery]

Get ready...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4133912766_77419abb11_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4133157673_3e117e7ece_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/4133170159_e4d54a9e0c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2758/4133240187_8c159b725e_o.jpg

Full set on my Flickr in my sig as always.

[Gary W. Graley]

A shot taken, hand held/braced of a knife I'm selling on another forum
but I like the detail and crispness the edge shows in the shot ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/GaryWGraley/Sale/edge.jpg

G2

[brownmichael]

Here's a shot with my S90 taken on the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, USA. This is my first time posting images to this forum, so excuse me while I figure out the best way to post them.

Mike Brown
5D, 40D, 350D, A720, S90

[brownmichael]

OK, lets try 900 pixels wide and I'll crop in on the ship to show the degree of detail. This was a RAW capture imported into Digital Photo Professional, saved as a TIFF and processed in ACDSee Pro 3. I applied very little sharpening, but pumped up the color to make it look like a pretty sunset.

This was hand held, with stabilization on.

1/1600
F 5.6
ISO 200
10mm focal length

[brownmichael]

I was trying to get an idea of how much lens flare the S90 has when shooting into the sun. The LCD viewfinder made it appear that lens flare was quite bad, so I was suprised to see that it is minimal when viewed on the computer.

Here is another shot showing the worst lens flare I could produce. This is from a jpg processed by the camera.

F 4.5
ISO 200
1/1600
focal length 10mm

By the way, is the 150K limit on photo size correct? This one is exactly 150K - just lucky it turned out that way.

[Cesium]

Hawaii

Is that first shot at the Courtyard Marriott in Waikiki? I swam in that pool a couple months ago!

[Jon]

I was trying to get an idea of how much lens flare the S90 has when shooting into the sun. The LCD viewfinder made it appear that lens flare was quite bad, so I was suprised to see that it is minimal when viewed on the computer.

Here is another shot showing the worst lens flare I could produce. This is from a jpg processed by the camera.

F 4.5
ISO 200
1/1600
focal length 10mm

By the way, is the 150K limit on photo size correct? This one is exactly 150K - just lucky it turned out that way.Yep - if you attach (rather than have your photos hosted somewhere else) the size limit's 150 KB. Using "Save for Web" strips out the EXIF data from your photo and makes the files somewhat smaller.

[tigerotor77w]

Get ready...

Full set on my Flickr in my sig as always.

Good work! Did you have to modify in post, or was this straight out of camera?

[Dick Emery]

Good work! Did you have to modify in post, or was this straight out of camera?

I always PP. The mushrooms, building and leaf shots was pretty close to what came out of the camera in RAW though. The yellow tree was over exposed so had to be corrected. In fact Lightroom was too agressive using auto tone settings and made it dark so I just upped the brightness a bit to compensate. I also may have added some 'punch' to them (Tone curve and clarity which is a favorite of mine) as well as sharpening.

[tigerotor77w]

Gotcha; thanks. Most of my S90 shots have all been indoors (with really unimpressive/unflattering lighting, so I was curious).

[dmdctusa]

S90 and the Tri-X Look. I spent years and long hours in the dark room to get this look with film. With the S90 a little level adjustment and sharpening. ISO 1600, 1/10sec, f/2.0 @35mm. Printed on my Kodak ESP7 printer there are at least 2 more stops visible in the shadows.

[CourtneysSweets]

wow, some amazing pictures! :)

[GCGuy]

Love it!

Here are two...



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4032913239_e940c50cc0_b.jpg

[brownmichael]

Hey, I love that Tri-X look. Brings back some very old memories for me!

Here is another shot taken on the bank of the Columbia River yesterday from a park called Frenchman's Bar on the Washington side of the river. I'm looking West at sunset, so the lighting is challenging. I'll post a full frame JPG then a crop that I took from a RAW file.

1/500, F5, ISO 100, 10.7mm

Subject: Hestia Leader, 63,000 ton vehicle carrier, built 1998.

[brownmichael]

I love showing the detail that this little camera is capable of when used hand held. Same image as above, but cropped. This was opened in Digital Photo Professional and saved as a TIFF so that I could post process in ACDSee Pro 3.0 which does not yet recognize our CR2 format.

[sneakerpimp]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/4140264340_d935033669_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2628/4139504215_a8afffffd0_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/4139505277_b959399e99_b.jpg

[MntnRnnr]

http://smeds.smugmug.com/photos/726329967_DtFuk-XL.jpg
http://smeds.smugmug.com/photos/726329506_boscN-XL.jpg
http://smeds.smugmug.com/photos/726330234_JfkdZ-XL.jpg

[Dick Emery]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4141501800_34e71ea96d_o.jpg

I shot this one from behind a dirty double glazed door so excuse the quality.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2704/4140743849_5e908c4f97_o.jpg

[Gary W. Graley]

Here's a major crop from a knife shot I was doing
really like the macro on this rascal a lot ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/GaryWGraley/Sale/Bark_River2/IMG_0384.jpg

G2

[dave_bass5]

I took this last night. Not too impressed with the way it came out of LR2.6. DPP was better but the image was wonky so i used LR to convert the RAW file and straighten the image.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4147195914_012c187252_o.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4141501800_34e71ea96d_o.jpg

I shot this one from behind a dirty double glazed door so excuse the quality.


Bird is ready to do some shopping!!:)

[meanwhile]

I'm not sure if this is a decent shot or not, but need to put one out there, to break the ice as it were. :)

http://www.byrichard.com/photo/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_0338_bib.jpg

Very new to the S90, and haven't taken many shots lately, so just getting back to it and finding settings I'm comfortable with. (I'm really liking how well the camera does foilage and trees.)

[ckfishel2001]

I'm not sure if this is a decent shot or not, but need to put one out there, to break the ice as it were. :)

http://www.byrichard.com/photo/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_0338_bib.jpg

Very new to the S90, and haven't taken many shots lately, so just getting back to it and finding settings I'm comfortable with. (I'm really liking how well the camera does foilage and trees.)


Welcome to POTN. Nice shot, and yes, I think you'll love this little camera. I'm jealous of your ability to be in shorts!!

[anorphirith]

It does HDR too! This was three exposures handheld

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/bilposter/LoudBandstand.jpg

Fill flash works well also

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/bilposter/PampasSun.jpg
the camera does bracketing ?

[meanwhile]

Yep, limited to 3 shots, with maximum +/-2EV bracket.

[Dick Emery]

I would not say these are my best. I did some heavy PP in Lightroom because I felt the mood for some heavy vignetting and saturation. Too much? Maybe. :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4150551774_2685d7149d_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4149792839_39d0893277_o.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

I would not say these are my best. I did some heavy PP in Lightroom because I felt the mood for some heavy vignetting and saturation. Too much? Maybe. :)




Red cries out to be seen:) Looks fine. The second I'm not sure if the vignetting adds...but I don't think it detracts at all. Thanks for sharing!

[Dick Emery]

Thanks. If it looks like I am filling this thread up with my own photos let me know and I will try to slow down. I just like sharing and really enjoy using this camera :)

[ckfishel2001]

I wanted to try and recreate the shot that won the cover of the Capture Cincinnati book that was released yesterday. The original was better (and original) but I like the recreation.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4157338453_1905f2780f_b.jpg

[ckfishel2001]

Cincinnati Christmas trees
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4158100008_beaaf9b1ac_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2705/4158099900_ac715aabb9_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4158099736_ea5e80a222_b.jpg

[Dick Emery]

I took rubbish photos today and tried to cover up for that fact with heavy post processing :D

There were a couple I liked though that I did not overcook.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4158257862_ba122dd0e2_o.jpg

Well maybe a little but I still like it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4157500895_10d9031653_o.jpg

[sneakerpimp]

I took rubbish photos today and tried to cover up for that fact with heavy post processing :D

There were a couple I liked though that I did not overcook.

Well maybe a little but I still like it.

a tip on the PF around the branches: things like that i try to mask off before pumping up saturation, contrast, etc.

otherwise, great stuff, as usual.

[Dick Emery]

Not sure how you mask in Lightroom. Guess I would have to switch to Photoshop for that?

[dave_bass5]

Not sure how you mask in Lightroom. Guess I would have to switch to Photoshop for that?

LR has the local correction tool. That is like a mask that you paint on (or off).
This tool is the biggest reason i stick with LR.

[meanwhile]

Bibble 5 has nice selection layers too. It's still getting there, but once released and the bugs are quashed I think it will fit into the "workhorse" category.

Here's one I took today (carrying on the boat theme), PP'd a little (5 mins), but I'm really not sure which way to take it ...

http://www.byrichard.com/photo/albums/userpics/10001/red_lotus_resized%7E0.jpg

(relinked to a slightly sharper and smaller version - apologies Jon!)

[meanwhile]

With the image above, could I get some honest C&C on it if someone has a minute or two.

Is it a decent shot?

Which way would you take it? I've reduced the saturation a little and left it a little "murky" rather than brightening it up too much because I like the atmosphere, but it's hard to know how it looks on others monitors.

Are there's particular things that are good and bad about it?

Thanks!

[Dick Emery]

I don't really want to comment myself as I am constantly struggling with what makes a good (Or bad) photo myself. Plus I have only been at it seriously for about 2-3 years. Before that I wasn't trying much.

A photographer is his own worst critic anyhow. But if I had to say something it would be that it lacks a real focal point. Your horizon is in a good place (Not a centered horizon) and it's straight. However I would personally have cropped the bottom more which would actually cause the horizon to become centered so tricky really. It's not a bad shot but it's not doing much for me. Probably because there is too much going on for me to find the story here.

BTW ckfishel2001 I really like your last xmas tree shot. I just wish you could have pulled back a little further to get more of the floor and chair and headroom for the Santa in the shot.

[Dick Emery]

Rejigged. Pulled the blue channel as well as used defringe all and set chromabs blue to max. The side effect is it took the blue out of the leaves bottom right which was never there in the first place.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4157500895_89d934192d_o.jpg

Black and white take

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4161740194_81f3fff15e_o.jpg

[meanwhile]

Thanks Dick. That's actually round about what I was thinking, which is comforting. Particularly it being too busy. The ones of the ship and tugs by themselves didn't quite work, and didn't have much light or time to work with for a better angle (was in the middle of dinner with family at the time <g>).

[sneakerpimp]

Rejigged. Pulled the blue channel as well as used defringe all and set chromabs blue to max. The side effect is it took the blue out of the leaves bottom right which was never there in the first place.

better. b+w looks good too... hey it's a good pic to begin with, your post work makes it great.

[sneakerpimp]

With the image above, could I get some honest C&C on it if someone has a minute or two.

Is it a decent shot?

Which way would you take it? I've reduced the saturation a little and left it a little "murky" rather than brightening it up too much because I like the atmosphere, but it's hard to know how it looks on others monitors.

Are there's particular things that are good and bad about it?

Thanks!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/pvincent/red_lotus_sneakerized.jpg

nothing wrong with this shot. cropping is what was mostly needed, trimmed off what i thought was distracting.

i'm an amateur, just did the basics in Photoshop: auto levels, more saturation, burn on the smoke trail.

[JRKO]

Here is my best one so far - after bit of messing around in LR. Shot into the sun whilst being blown around. Its Newhaven harbor arm in East Sussex in case you're interested

[tigerotor77w]

Here's one I took today (carrying on the boat theme), PP'd a little (5 mins), but I'm really not sure which way to take it ...


My thought is that the dock in front distracts a little from the picture... it doesn't add any feeling for me the way it's shot right now. For this specific shot, to keep the dock in scene, I would have focused on the dock itself (as close to wide open as possible), leaving the ship slightly out of focus, or I would have done the same but focusing on the ship. (I see you used F4.5, which I assume would be the widest aperture at whatever focal length you used.) This adds some tension to the scene -- a large ship, about to leave port for a long time. The other contrast I would have used would be for the buoy -- isolating it and the ship creates the same drama. These are both composition thoughts, and of course they're my preference (yours can easily be different!)

For your shot from a PP perspective, I actually like what you've done as of my quoting this -- I like the slightly muted colors and the reddish sky. I might crop a bit from the left, right, and bottom (keeping the aspect ratio) to remove some of the water at the bottom of the image, too. Other than that, I think it's overall decently done.

[dave_bass5]

Some really nice shots in this thread. Just shows what a small P&S can achieve with the right person using it.
I took a few today, here are just a couple of them. This is the first time ive linked to images on Flickr so i hope thwey show ok.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4162982733_7447ab2efc_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4162982543_7bfbf150d6_o.jpg

[rjevang24]

I took these photos while playing with the Color Accent mode on the camera.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2613/4164780041_c90999a81c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4165538268_4cf52937ec_b.jpg